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London: Interpol today launched an unprecedented worldwide public appeal to track down a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the Internet.
The man appears in around 200 photographs featuring abuse of 12 young boys, which investigators believe were taken in Vietnam and Cambodia, possibly in 2002 and 2003.
The pictures had been digitally altered to disguise the man's face with a swirly pattern, but computer specialists at Germany's federal police agency, the BKA, worked with Interpol's human trafficking team to produce identifiable images.
The global police body said it was making the unique public appeal because, despite extensive efforts through its network of 186 member states, the man remained unknown.
"For years, images of this man sexually abusing children have been circulating on the internet," Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said.
"We have tried all other means to identify and to bring him to justice, but we are now convinced that without the public's help this sexual predator could continue to rape and sexually abuse young children whose ages appear to range from six to early teens."
Human trafficking
Photographs of the man are available on Interpol's website, www.interpol.int and anyone with information on him is urged to contact their local police or Interpol's human trafficking unit.
Anders Persson, a Swedish police officer seconded to the unit, said the dark-haired man in the photos was thought to be a European aged around 35-40.
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